Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Week 11

Good evening ladies,

I'm sorry that this email is coming to you so late tonight, perhaps I just wanted to prolong our last week together. :)  It has been a wonderful semester M&Ming with you in this "new" way.  It is so wonderful to still be able to receive the warmth and encouragement of our dear Barb from so very far away.  Have you enjoyed meditating and memorizing on these verses?  Have they become "yours"?  I hope that they are hidden in your hearts forever, please continue to review them in the future so that they always stay "fresh"!

 Do you have any comments or feedback for us from this semester?  Anything we could do better?  I know I've made my share of goofs.  We're learning as we go, so please feel free to share!

 Speaking of goofs, here's the message from Barb that I leaked to you last week, even though it was intended for this week :) 
Hi M&M sisters!   
This is our last week together M&M-ing on "By Faith - Things Are Not What They Seem".  This week I share my thoughts as I looked back over the last eleven weeks.  Thank you so much for joining me on this venture!  It has been a privilege for me.  I know God will use His Word that you have hidden in your heart and it will keep on bearing fruit in your lives.  Remember, as we say about our language study here in Japan, "if you don't use it, you lose it"!  So read and review your verses regularly and listen to your CD occasionally.  I hope to M&M with you again in the near future! 
Thanking God for you, 
Barb

This week's verse:
Psalm 27:13,14 (NAS) 
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord.
Here are your quick links, and then watch Barb's message!
Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)



 Next Weeks Verse:

 Memorize Romans.

 (Just kidding.... wanted to see if you were still reading after all these weeks. ;) )
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Week 10


Good evening ladies,

Karen's memorial service is Thursday evening with the visitation from 5pm-6pm in Tomlin Hall and the service in the sanctuary from 6pm-7pm.  Candy has said that there will be a time for friends and family to speak and/or share stories if they would like, so if God puts it on your heart please feel free to share.

 This has been a really tough week for me.  Two dear friends lost their fathers unexpectedly this week, and of course Karen's passing.  Combine that with your traditional chaos, stolen credit card number, etc and it can make one very weary.... But wow... what a verse.  Wow, what a God.  I've been weaker than ever this week, but God is just as strong as He ever was, and HIS power is seen more clearly in MY weakness.  Amazing. 

This week's verse:
2 Corinthians 12:9,10 
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 
Here are your quick links, and then watch Barb's message!
Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)

Next Week's Verse: 

Psalm 27:13,14 (NAS) 
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

M&M - Week 9

Good evening ladies,

Our dear friend Karen passed away this morning.  Thanks for everyone's love and prayers for her and family as she has fought the good fight, and she has now finished the race.  I know she is beholding the beautiful face of Jesus as we speak and is free from all pain and discomfort.  Praise Him for this!

On a lighter note, when I watched this video, when Barb was joking in the beginning about "Shut that Door", my door literally shut itself (from the heat coming on, or from God himself...) It was a humorous moment.

This week's verse:
Matthew 6:19-21 
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Here are your quick links, and then watch Barb's message to you for the week!

Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)


Next Week's Verse: 
2 Corinthians 12:9,10 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

M&M Week 7

Hi Ladies!

What's going on in your life this week?  Please share with us, we'd love to hear from you!

This week's verse:
Mark 1:15  "The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
 Here are your quick links, and then watch Barb's message to you for the week!

Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)





 Next Week's Verse:
Romans 1:20,21

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

M&M - By Faith - Week 6



Hi Ladies!

Is anything going on in your life with M&M?  Please share with us.  This week Barb talks about why we should not withhold anything from God and how freeing it is to have him COVER the sins that we tend to hide from him.  We hide them from him, but He exposes them, and then covers them for us.  It's a beautiful thing to hear, especially for me this week.  Watch/Listen and enjoy!

 A stone lying in the sun can't help but grow warm.  My stony little heart has needed time in M&M sun this quarter more than ever and what a blessing it is.

This week's verse:

Hosea 14:1,2
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall! Take words with you and return to the LORD. 
 Here are your quick links, and then watch Barb's message to you for the week!

Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)
Next Week's Verse: 

Mark 1:15  "The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"

1. Repent 2. Believe 3. Rejoice 
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

M&M Week 5


Hi Ladies!

First things first, some important news for our Lexington ladies.  Apparently, Jamestown Coffee Shop has closed.  Shocking, yes, but they are now closed indeed.  We will have to regroup and figure out where we will be meeting.  I presume that we will be at LPC at least in the interim, and I will send out the "official" word once I know for sure.  In the meantime, make a note to not go to Jamestown on Tuesday!

Is anything going on in your life with M&M?  Please share with us.  I posted two encouraging notes from some of our ladies on the blog.  Check it out here!

This week's verse:
Ephesians 3:16-19 
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 
 Here are your quick links, and then watch Barb's message to you for the week!

Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)






Next Week's Verse: 

 Hosea 14:1,2
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall! Take words with you and return to the LORD. 
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M&M Encouragement

We periodically get messages from ladies saying what's going on in their lives- we love hearing from you!  I know Barb likes to know that these messages aren't getting lost in cyberspace.  Here are a couple of messages we received lately:
"Hi! I wanted to write and tell you how M&M has been helping and changing me.  I live in Indonesia doing work like you and like you this is actually my second time moving overseas.  We had a 6 yr break to be restored and have a time of healing.  We have been back on the field for 1.5 years now.  What a different experience it has been and I have fully related to your remarks on having hard days and not remembering how it was before.  I wanted to thank you for writing the article for Women of the Harvest and inviting women all over the world to join your group.  
I wanted to share a few highlights. Memorizing had helped me during sleepless nights when I can't sleep I memorize.  It's helped me when my husband had been out of town and I've held the fort for my 4 children. It's transformed my thoughts on faith and how that applies to my life here.  It makes me feel like I'm in a bible study even though I live where this is impossible to do!  Probably the biggest change is that in my spare moments when it's so easy to check email or Facebook the 100th time or for no reason at all just so I don't have to face the next thing going on I'm filling that time with memory work.  Because email is not going to ease the pain of missing family, it's just painful if you focus on it, but we do have a choice to turn our thoughts to him and  let him fill our pain and his word does heal and transform us.  It takes our thoughts off of us and onto Him. So thanks for helping with a habit I have always wanted to be good at or have a plan for and I can't go back and change that but I can keep going forward with M&Ms help and encouragement.  
Until next week."
"Greetings! Thank you SO much for this excellent encouragement to Meditate and Memorize. I have been so greatly blessed already in the 3 weeks I have been a part. I just finished listening to Week 3 and it especially spoke to my heart as I feel like I'm having the kind of day Barb was having when she recorded. God's ways and timing are so amazing. :) Anyway, you encouraged sharing what we learned and I thought I'd share a little story.
Last Saturday I was going to an event that was about a 30 minute drive from where I live. It's Japan and I'm new in this area and the roads are narrow and winding. The GPS on my car wasn't working and I didn't know how to get there, so thankfully another lady told me I could follow her. At first I was pretty confident; the area was familiar. But s
oon we got into unknown turf and I found myself "fixing my eyes" on the car ahead of me. I didn't want to let anyone squeeze between us. I didn't want her to turn a corner without me noticing. I didn't want to let her get too far ahead. And yes, I remembered the verse I had been meditating on for the last couple of days. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus. That's exactly what I want to do with Him! I don't want anyone squeezing in between us! I don't want to sail on by when He has turned an unexpected corner. I don't want Him to get too far ahead of me! I want to concentrate on staying close so I can follow well.

Thanks to all of you who work hard to make M&M happen. It is exactly what I need right now. "

Anything going on in your lives?  Let us know!

In Christ,

Leslie
 
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Monday, September 24, 2012

By Faith - Lesson #4

Hi Ladies!
How's it going?  I would love to hear some updates from you... What's God doing in your life this week?

This week's verse:
Colossians 2:6,7 
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 
 Here are your quick links, and then read Barb's message to you for the week!

Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)

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Hi sisters,
Just a few words from me today:  DON'T GIVE UP!  IT'S A GOOD WORK WE ARE DOING, WITH GREAT BENEFITS TO US AND OTHERS!  LET'S KEEP ON REVIEWING AND CHEWING ON OUR VERSES! 

Barb




Next Week's Verse:Ephesians 3:16-19 
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

By Faith - Lesson #3

Dear sisters,

 Welcome to your 3rd M&M lesson!  How's it going?  We would love to hear from you - comments, prayer requests, testimony of how the Lord used the verse in your life or someone else's, anything.  Please share so we can be better connected.  You can use mandmladies@gmail.com or the M&M Facebook page.

 One of my favorite things about Barb is that she's "real".  Yes, she is a missionary.  Yes, she is a woman of God.  But she is "real" and struggles with day to day life just like all of us do.  She was having a rough day when she recorded this lesson so sit back and know that you are not alone with the stress we deal with, and that in those moments- THAT is the time to M&M.

This week's verse:
Hebrews 12:1,2
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
 Here are your quick links, and then read Barb's message to you for the week!

Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)

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Hi Ladies!


One of the ways I serve the church here in Japan is by teaching English…so now I'm much more attentive to our language.  Our English prepositions are little words but can have great impact.  Look AT?  Look TO?  Look FOR?  This week's lesson is about "Looking TO Jesus, and how God used that little phrase in the life of Charles Spurgeon, one of my favorite Christians of all time!

Have you heard this quote before?
Your flesh won’t sit still for meditation and prayer any more than a wolverine would submit to your surgery.  The flesh resists with its last breath anything that smacks of communion with God, because it suffocates in His presence.  If you draw close to God in meditation and prayer, adoring God, getting to know Him, and calling on Him to search your heart, prepare to see the flesh scratch and claw like a wounded badger. 
- The Enemy Within by Kris Lundgaard
Let's pray for each other's M&M times and our shutting the door, okay?  This is a GREAT work we do, so don't be surprised if you meet with resistance as you try to do it. 

Praying for you,
Barb


Next Week's Verse:

Colossians 2:6,7 

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

By Faith - Lesson #2

Hi Ladies!

How did your first week go?  Did anyone have trouble receiving the files?  Let me know if you did and we can help. If you need us to mail you cards/cd, we can arrange that for a suggested $5 donation.

GUESS WHAT?  Jeff Francis made us a neat little website, isn't that great?  This is still under construction and I'm sure we'll be adding little things here and there, but it might be a good one-stop-shop for your materials and M&M info.  Check it out at http://shutthedoor.org.  Thanks, Jeff!

This week's verse:
Hebrews 11:1 
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see".
 Here are your quick links, and then read Barb's message to you for the week!

Our Website:  http://shutthedoor.org
Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)

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Hi Ladies,
What a life we're called to live!  We're called to live like Moses, who "persevered, seeing Him who is invisible"!!! See Him who is invisible???? 

This is the first video from Japan!  If you want to see a couple short videos I took from our house, check out our blog.  
You'll be encouraged by the recitation time: I mess up a lot! I kept it in the video because I wanted you to see there's no pressure to get it perfect; just keep up the good work; don't quit!

Please email me at mandmladies@gmail.com and share your own nuggets that God gives you as you meditate on His Word. I'd love to hear from you. 
Keep exercising those faith muscles!

Love,
Barb
To the King!  To the Kingdom!



Next Week's Verse:

Hebrews 12:1,2

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

By Faith - Lesson # 1

Hi Ladies!

The introductions are over and we're ready to begin our M&M study.  Let me know if you are having trouble downloading the materials (card printouts and audio files).

Each week I will tell you this week's verse and send you a link to our YouTube video.  NOTE:  Close Captioning is available on the video!  Cool!  This may be especially helpful to our missionary friends.  You can even change the language, although accuracy in languages other than English are not guaranteed :)  I will also be including a link to download just the audio lesson if you'd like to listen to it in your car or something like that.

**The verse for the following week will always be at the very end of our message.**

This week's verse:

Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith.  And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Here are your quick links, and then read Barb's message to you for the week!

YouTube Video - By Faith - Lesson #1
Mp3 Audio File - By Faith - Lesson #1

Our Facebook Page:  "M&M Ladies" (request access)

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Hi dear ones,
It's time to start a new term of M&M; and it's new in few ways: it's on video for the first time, our CDs look professional now (no more of my terrible handwritten labeling) AND it's "made in Japan"!  The M&M team (Leslie, Lisa, Jeff and Amy, my hubby Dave and myself) would really appreciate your prayers as we work to make M&M accessible and user-friendly to whoever wants to M&M, wherever she may be.  Praise God with me because there are many places now around God's world where ladies are M&M-ing: 
Lexington, Columbia, Gilbert and Irmo, SC;
Pittsburgh, PA
Winston-Salem, Haw River, Apex, Charlotte and Cary, NC
Atlanta, GA
Covington, LA
Grand Junction, CO
Bel Air, MD
Ishinomaki, Chiba, and Nagoya, Japan
Romania
North Korea
Tanzania, East Africa
Indonesia
Kenya
Singapore
Cambodia
Oldenburg, Germany
If I left out your location, please let me know!

So with great hope in our Lord Jesus and His living and active Word, we begin this term of M&M: "By Faith - Things Are Not As They Seem".  Thank you for joining us as we chew on God's Word.

Your sister in Christ,

Barb Bindewald
To the King!  To the Kingdom!  ♚
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Next Week's Verse: Hebrews 11:1  "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see".
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Monday, September 3, 2012

Getting down to business

Hi Ladies!

I told you to expect a few kickoff messages from me.  The new semester starts September 4th and we want to make sure you have all that you need!  Is this your first time doing M&M?  Want to find out more or want to share it with a friend?  Click Here to watch an introductory video featuring our dearly loved Barb Bindewald!  Now for your materials.

1)  Click Here to download all of our verse cards.  Lisa was kind enough to make several different formats for you to choose from.  You can print your own index cards, "business cards", or even just a regular letter-sized sheet of paper.  If you aren't local to LPC and need us to mail your cards, PLEASE contact me.  (mandmladies@gmail.com)  Let me know if you have trouble with the zip file or any other questions.

2)  Click Here to download a zipped folder of all of our verses, in mp3 format.  This includes our beautiful hymn for this semester, All Must be Well, sung by Miss Megan Francis.  (I dare you to listen without getting teary eyed)  You can put these on your Mp3 player or burn them to a CD and listen to them in your car.  A GREAT way to meditate/memorize!  Again, if you have trouble with the file or if you need us to send you a CD, let me know.

Did you know that we have a Podcast?  For those who are interested in podcasts,  all of the verses and upcoming lessons will be there. You can search for us, "M&M Ladies", or go to this link:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/m-m-ladies/id494181705.

I want to be sure that you have everything you need to have a great semester, so I do urge you to not be shy about letting me know if you have trouble getting the files or if you have any questions.  We are here to help!  We are learning as we go, so this is a work in progress! :)

In Him,

Leslie


Quick Links:
*VERSE CARDS*
*AUDIO FILES*
*PODCAST*
*INTRO VIDEO FOR NEW M&Mers*




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The New Era of M&M is HERE!

Ladies-

We are so excited about the new semester of M&M that starts tomorrow.  Introductory emails will be sent soon, but we wanted to share a couple of fun freebies with you!  If you WANT to participate in M&M this fall and you don't receive a bunch of emails from me soon, please contact us ASAP (mandmladies@gmail.com) as you may have fallen off the list somehow.

Watch this fun video of Barb M&Ming her journey to Japan!  I think you will really enjoy it.  (Thanks to Jeff Francis for piecing this together for us) :)



I find it amazing that M&M started with 10 ladies in a room at Lexington Presbyterian Church, and now our map looks a little bit like this:


Stay tuned!  More info coming soon!

Leslie

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Want to know more about M&M?

Recently Barb's article about how God used a special dog, Nyack, to show His love during a battle of depression, was published in the "Women of the Harvest" newsletter.  It's a really special story, and if you haven't heard it yet, click here!

If you want to know more about M&M, we'd be happy to share more information with you.  M&M stands for "Meditate and Memorize".  Our focus is on taking bites of scripture, one verse per week, and chewing on it all week long.  We meditate on it, read it, write it, recite it, whatever it takes to bury that verse in our heart.  We do love memorizing, and think it is a good work indeed, but it is not a "requirement" to participate in M&M!  Simply focusing on each verse every week for a semester is a wonderful and beautiful thing.  Each week we add a new verse while we continue to chew on the verses from prior weeks.  By the end of the semester, all 12...or 13...or 14 verses (sometimes Barb gets spunky and adds extras!) become near and dear to us.

For several years, Barb's M&M ministry has grown.  It started with just 10 ladies in a room at Lexington Presbyterian Church, but now it has spread to over 130 women in various churches, various states, and various COUNTRIES around the world.  God's Word is spreading in a mighty way.  To Him be the glory!!!!  To the King!  To the KINGDOM! :)

If you'd like to participate in M&M online, contact us at mandmladies@gmail.com.  That's a great way to start- we can tell you anything you need to know!

 We'd love for you to participate in our new upcoming season of M&M this fall "live" with the rest of us!  I will add you to our email list, and each week you'll get an email telling you this week's verse, a summary of the lesson, and any other information you may want to hear for the week.  This is a new adventure for us as Barb will be making VIDEOS of her lessons from Japan!  We'll put these videos on YouTube for your enjoyment, but will also release the audio in case you want to listen to it in your car or something.

If you're interested, we also have a facebook group.  Search for "Lexington Presbyterian Church - M&M" and request to join.

This is an exciting time for M&M and we really hope you will join us and be as encouraged as we are.  Contact me if you have any questions!  God Bless!!

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Monday, August 13, 2012

Meditating in Japan

Good evening ladies,

What an answer to prayer, Barb and Dave safely arrived in Chiba, Japan!  Praise Him!  They are of course jet lagged, and therefore taking advantage of the "land of the rising sun" as they wake super early at 3 and 4 in the morning.

Barb shared with me a beautiful excerpt from her quiet time this morning.  You will definitely want to read this encouraging letter from Barb to the Lord!

"Let me never forget why we’re here: to glorify the King and serve Him and His people in His Kingdom.  Shout, proclaim, whisper, sing, teach the Good News in English or faltering Japanese...just get the Good News out!  Preach it to the unsaved, preach it to the saved, preach it to myself.  Love it, run in it, live out of it, dive into it, swim around in it, dwell deep in it.  Breathe it in, breathe it out. Meditate on His words, His ways.  Know Him, make Him known; talk to Him unceasingly, experience His presence.  Point to Him; gaze at Him, abide in Him, live out of Him, preach Him, not myself, not religion...CHRIST JESUS.  To the King!  To the Kingdom!  To the Restoration! 
This is not just for missionaries in foreign lands!  It's for EVERY CHILD of His, wherever we live!  The geography doesn't matter!  Let us live for the King because we love Him...and we love Him because He first loved us.  Wow.  What a life!  Thank You, Lord."


Don't you love her heart for missions and the Kingdom?  May this be an encouragement to you today.  Please continue praying!  I know she misses all of you so much!

Leslie



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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Last R&R M&M

Well ladies,

I've been in denial, I think, but our time with Barb for the summer has finally drawn to a close.  She will be heading to Pittsburgh on Saturday and then off to Japan August 11th-12th.  I'm so thankful that we are NOT saying "goodbye", as M&M will continue, and we will still see Barb's smiling face over the internet... how cool is that?  Praise!  Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they embark on this exciting journey, and please pray for God's hand to continue to be over the M&M ministry as well.

Here is the recording of the last class:  Click Here

Hope you had a wonderful summer!  My spamming will subside for a month or so... :)  Go ahead and add "mandmladies@gmail.com" to your address book, I think we will start using our own special account in the fall.

In Him,

Leslie
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Saturday, July 28, 2012

July 24th, 2012 - R&R M&M

Hey ladies!

Thanks to you who helped us by signing up for dropbox... a few folks signed up/installed the app (who didn't already have it) so we're heading in the right direction.  Video files are large so that's why we're hungry for space as Barb prepares for the move to Japan.  If you didn't sign up for and install dropbox yet, but want to help M&M get more space for free, use this link:  http://db.tt/QwapugKu

Barb's poor voice recorder ran out of juice during the middle of class last week- boo hoo!  You may hear it sort of cut off before we pick it back up with a "previously recorded episode" of Amanda and the Dragon. :)

Download this week's lesson if you missed it here:  July 24, 2012

SO many praises this week.  PRAISE that little Noah Werner was able to safely come home from the hospital!  PRAISE that the Bindewalds are now 100% supported and officially heading to Japan!  PRAISE our Heavenly Father for all He has done and continues to do.  Does anyone have any special stories regarding how any of our verses spoke to them over the past couple of weeks?  Share them with me so we can encourage one another in the word!

Please continue to pray for M&M as we're all a tizzy trying to get things figured out for the fall, and especially pray for Barb during this exciting but chaotic time!

Love to you all,

Leslie
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Reminder- VBS Week!

Just a quick reminder-  We will be cancelling M&M classes this week since our VBS will be going on, so please make a note that there will be NO classes on Monday 7/16 or Tuesday 7/17, but we will resume the following week, July 23rd and 24th.

If you can, please consider helping with VBS in some way as it is a wonderful ministry to our next generation.  One of my dear friends (Jessica Ryan) became a Christian through a VBS way-back-when and oh how she loves the Lord now.

Could you, your spouse, your teenagers, your friends, etc. consider assisting with the set up or tear down?  It's an easy way to serve and many hands make light work! :)

Set up:  Saturday, July 14th, 8:30am (usually finishing up before lunchtime)
Tear down:  Saturday, July 21st, 8:30am (again, usually finishing before lunch)

Have a blessed week!

Leslie
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

R&R M&M #5

Hey Ladies!

I hope you've had a wonderful week chewing on His Word.  We've been having a great time planning and praying for the future of M&M...thanks to all of you who were praying along with us.  Do any of you have any stories or "God Sightings" (as Barb calls them) from this week?  Please share with me if so- we'd love to encourage others through your experiences and/or anecdotes regarding how the Word was illuminated to you.

Without further adieu, I leave you with a link to this week's class!  Enjoy!

Click Here

Blessings,

Leslie
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

R&R M&M Week 4

Good evening, ladies!

I hope you've had a wonderful week.  I want to share a quick anecdote with you. We've been going through a bit of a stressful time and I had asked Barb to pray for me as I found myself becoming a little "bitter" about a situation we had going on with a contractor and that my heart was being hardened.  Anyhow, the verse that really spoke to me in this particular situation is Isaiah 51:3-

"The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.  Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing".

My attitude in this situation has made my "walk" look like a wasteland or desert, but I do pray that God will restore my personal little wasteland to a garden like state because He is willing and able and would delight in doing so! To add to this, my heart melted when my little 19 month old little girl Emily started spontaneously singing (quite often this week) her version of "Holy Holy Holy".  Granted it sounds like "Ho-he, ho-he, ho-he" over and over again, but it really helped me put things in perspective in a lot of ways!  What a beautiful thing.  I pray that all of you have also found nuggets of God's wonderful goodness amidst any trials you may be going through.  M&M certainly helps with that as we chew on the delicious morsels of His Word!


Here's the link to this week's class. Did you get a chance to watch Barb's YouTube video?  Check it out if you missed my last email!


Love to you all!  Please pray for us as we'll be meeting this week regarding the future of M&M this week.  If you are interested in helping out with the M&M ministry in any way, please let us know.


Leslie


Week #4 Class - Download Here
Barb's First Video 








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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Do you see your smiling face in this video?

Hey M&Mer's!

Barb is in NC so our recording of this week's class might be coming a little late, but we wanted to go ahead and share a special video with you.  As you know, when M&M goes "abroad", Barb will be making video recordings of our classes in the future.  How cool is that?  We're trying to get the hang of how this will work so Barb has made her very first video.

Do you see your smiling face in this video?  Watch to find out...  And if you DON'T see your face, please send me your picture asap! :)

Love to you all-

Leslie


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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Week 3

Good evening ladies!

I know this info is coming entirely too late in the week, but I'm thankful that you have learned over the past year or so to extend much grace to your weary little online captain. :)  Here are the quick links for this week!

*  This week's class
*  "The Apprentice Juggler" story (read last semester, uploaded again for your listening pleasure)

I hope you all have a wonderful week!  Don't forget- M&M @ Jamestown Coffee Monday night at 6:45pm, and Tuesday afternoon 12pm in LPC Sr. High Room!

Leslie
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